overengineering. you told us about the overengineering of some of these parts in aviation, including the black boxes, we are very concerned those batteries are showing signs of dying out. you point out we could have a 40-day window. how long these batteries are certified for and how long they actually work in many cases. look, indeed, christine. i don t think there s anything in aviation today that s designed to fail at the actual certification date. so much of it is overengineered. the 777 itself, the boeing 777 is probably one of the most overengineered airplanes that are in the sky today. and we saw that last year in san francisco with the asiana one. hit the sea wall. that airplane spun and bounced and still stayed intact which is extraordinary structural integrity of the airplane. so, look, it s a great airplane. overengineered. and i do think they ve got another four or five days, possibly, of battery life left in the pingers.
thought has now turned out to be part of a cable. it very difficult to find things in the water when you re looking at a small piece of debris. you have to break the ocean up into blocks and check it very carefully. it s extraordinarily difficult. now, to the paranoia of the passenger. they ll say i wonder if it s the plane. this particular aircraft is known for safety, true? absolutely. the triple 7 is the workto the long. scare record, it has an exemp r exemplary major record. theres have only been two major incidents, the asiana one in san francisco and the one at heath row. what investigators will they
to something no good and didn t want their identities to be known. or it could be just criminal business as usual, because there are lots of stolen and fake passport brokers in the world. and if, richard, this was something as simple as a catastrophic, mid air explosion, and i ve heard you say it so often since this all began, in the safest part of the flight, if it was simply that, will we possibly never find any of incidents of this plane or the people on board? oh, i m deferring mary and i are at one on this, aren t we? we are, absolutely. they will find it. there are so many interests that have a huge stake in finding this plane. obviously, the airline must find this plane. the united states of america is extremely interested in finding this plane, because we have to sort out, is this another dry run. is this a terrorist attempt. was this a bomb or an explosion. and, of course, boeing has a tremendous interest in finding this plane, because there s 1,100 of them. this i
are on board. let s get perspective, asiana are an extremely well-known, reliable, respectable airline. incheon airport in seoul, in south korea, one of the world s leading airports, regularly in recent years has been voted number one as the airport. asiana one airline that regularly is in reviews. looking at the aircraft trying to figure out whether it s a 777 200 or the exact nature, we ll have those details in the next few molts for you. okay, of course, and you know, as far as we know, richard, as we continue to try to get some more information, all we know is this was an emergency landing and this crash taking place so one would be led to believe that a control tower there, san francisco international airport was ready for this emergency landing, might have already had in place